Since update to 3.4 "Set Featured Image" hangs

Me Too: Saving featured image hangs on “saving..” forever

unfortunately, the fabulous host has it as a developer issue ; )

anyone?

Same here. I’ve just updated to the last version of wordpress hoping this would fixed but nope, the problem is still there! ??

I sometimes get relief if I add an image to the post prior to setting the featured image. While I thought it was a permanent fix, the featured image failed to save once again today.

I have checked other WP sites I have on the same server and they work. I’ve tried different versions of WP, still fails. I’ve disabled ALL plugins, but still no joy. I tried the basic 2011 theme and it still fails. I’ve checked my memory limit, it’s set at 64M. It seems to be something quirky with this one domain.

Any new ideas will be much appreciated!

Have your host check for ModSecurity errors being tripped by the IP in question and whitelist the script causing the error. As I posted above this solved the problem for me.

I didn’t see this thread before, but I’m having the same issues and am still trying to find a solution.

How about this guys.

Is there a way or initializing input field in taxonomy box to dropdown selection in custom post?

Funny thing…I setup an WP editor account for a friend of mine and she had no trouble setting the featured image on a post from her laptop, even though I still can’t set the featured image on mine. I’m wondering if it has something to do with a firewall or cookie. Any ideas?

In my case, my problem setting a featured image is limited to one domain on a VPS server with 20 other WP installations. I’ve tested several of those and they are fine…so that eliminates server issues in my mind.

Mike, I’m in the same boat as you. I’ve got a few other WP installations on the same virtual private server, all having the “Use as featured image” working fine, but my main one not working.

I don’t think it’s a firewall/cookie issue as I’ve tried this on several computers now at home/work/gf’s place (clearing the cache occasionally).

I’m going to disable my other virtual servers and see if that does anything. I wonder if there’s some kind of funky interaction going on when trying to find the right DocumentRoot.

No dice. Disabling the virtual servers didn’t fix the issue.

Have you guys talked to support at your hosts? My issue was the exact same as yours: 4 WordPress sites on the same VPS, but only one having issues with saving featured image. Maybe you guys just like the challenge of trying to fix things yourselves, but that’s a time eater, so I opened a ticked with my host and the tech investigated and fixed it in less than 40 minutes by whitelisting script that was causing ModSecurity errors.

I’ve isolated the problem to a single line in the JavaScript code, however, I still can’t figure out why it’s breaking.

/wp-admin/js/set-post-thumbnail.dev.js (line 5):
jQuery.post(ajaxurl, {action:...}, function{...});

My access log shows activity:

XX.XXX.XXX.X - - [11/Sep/2012:15:48:44 -0400] "POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php " 200 276
XX.XXX.XXX.X - - [11/Sep/2012:15:44:46 -0400] "POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php " 200 1

jQuery is kicking off the “post”, however, it never comes back to the “onfinish” function. I’ve done a diff of my local set-post-thumbnail.dev.js (and set-post-thumbnail.js) with the one in wordpress-3.4.2.tar.gz to confirm that I don’t have any customizations.

If anyone has any suggestions, I’m open to trying anything.

Thanks for your suggestion robnalexpress, however, GoDaddy support has stated they cannot help with this issue and asked that I contact the developer (myself).

Also, I don’t believe that I have ModSecurity installed on my VPS.

GoDaddy – ugh – too bad. Here’s just one of many themes explaining why they don’t recommend GoDaddy.

To anyone having this problem. Please delete your browser cache and cookies then disable or delete all plugins and switch to the default theme (TwentyEleven since 3.3). After making these changes does the problem still occur? If no, re-enable everything one by one to see which component causes the problem.

If you still have the problem after completing the above steps open your own support request with a link to your site. If you know how to use firebug or the chrome web inspector include any javascript errors reported when trying to set the featured image.

@davidandstyle the set-post-thumbnail.dev.js only loads if you have define( ‘SCRIPT_DEBUG’, true ); in your wp-config.php otherwise that script is minified and included in post.js.